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Steven Herrick QUOTES

Steven Herrick QUOTES

1 " My father said to remember your enemies as well as your friends, and don't trust either of them. "

― Steven Herrick , Cold Skin

2 " I'm not sure if my dream is a dream, or a nightmare. "

― Steven Herrick , A Place Like This

3 " He walks through the house of his past, hoping he'll find the right door, hoping he'll find the key. "

― Steven Herrick

4 " Our great adventure ran out of petrol and stopped on this farm. "

― Steven Herrick , A Place Like This

5 " I’m alone with the ghost of the swamp, somewhere near the weeping willows. "

― Steven Herrick , A Place Like This

6 " and I'm thinking as our bodies meet that I'll remember this forever, and i just hope it's for all the right reasons. "

― Steven Herrick , Love, Ghosts, & Facial Hair

7 " So, we skipped Annabel, and discussed condoms. I said I liked the orange ones, and we ended our talk in laughter. "

― Steven Herrick , Kissing Annabel: Love, Ghosts, and Facial Hair; A Place Like This

8 " And I feel like a real Dad when I read to her at night. She won't sleep without one story, at least. "

― Steven Herrick , A Place Like This

9 " Pretty girls kissed me on victory day, their lips soft red petals brushing my face. "

― Steven Herrick , Cold Skin

10 " Nobody in school is stronger than me. But when Sally Holmes kissed me, I never felt so weak in all my life. "

― Steven Herrick , Cold Skin

11 " I tell him about ... Jack and Annabel, smart and ready and I'm wondering where all that smart comes from and I figure some from parents, some from school, and some from a place inside you. "

― Steven Herrick , A Place Like This

12 " It was a good apple too. A good apple, picked by a madman on a full moon night. "

― Steven Herrick , A Place Like This

13 " I'm glad she left me the kids. I'd be lost without them. Lost and bitter. With them here, I'm only bitter. "

― Steven Herrick , A Place Like This

14 " Her body begs to be taken away and put into a warm bed with the sheets pulled high, even though nothing can help now. "

― Steven Herrick

15 " Men walk through tragedy, quietly, calm and precise on the outside, tearing themselves to shreds inside. "

― Steven Herrick , Cold Skin

16 " I've tried praying. It gives me comfort. But not as much as a cup of tea and a ginger nut biscuit. "

― Steven Herrick , Cold Skin

17 " I'm dreaming of a month of Sundays. "

― Steven Herrick

18 " Jack reads too many books. He thinks we're going to drive all year and have great adventures. "

― Steven Herrick

19 " Bloody rain” says Mr Chivers
Bouncing a basketball
On the one dry patch of court
bloody rain” he nods to our Sports class
And gives us the afternoon off.
Bloody rain all right
As Annabel and I run to Megalong Creek hut
Faster than we ever have in Chivers’s class
And the exercise we have in mind
We’ve been training for all year
But I doubt if old Chivers
Will give us a medal if he ever finds out.
We high jump into the hut
And strip down
Climb under the blankets
And cheer the bloody rain
As it does a lap or two
Around the mountain
While Annabel and me
Embrace like winners should
Like good sports do
As Mr. Chivers sips his third coffee
And twitches his bad knee
From his playing days
While miles away
Annabel and I
Score a convincing victory
And for once in our school life
The words “Physical Education”
Make sense… "

― Steven Herrick , Kissing Annabel: Love, Ghosts, and Facial Hair; A Place Like This

20 " I walked out of his room sure I'd said the right thing maybe not as a father but as a Dad. I'd said the right thing, for once in my life. "

― Steven Herrick , A Place Like This